E-books

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    Parlor Tricks (Carniepunk) story available as a free e-download …

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    Carniepunk Parlor TricksI have some cool news to share.

    To help promote the Carniepunk urban fantasy anthology that’s out on July 23, one of the short stories in the anthology is being offered as a free download — and that story is Parlor Tricks, my Elemental Assassin story. Huzzah!

    Carniepunk: Parlor Tricks is available as a free e-download starting today, June 3. The cover for the e-download is shown at right, and it is very similar to the Carniepunk anthology cover.

    I think this is a really cool promotional idea, and I’m happy that folks will be able to get a preview of the anthology.

    Here’s the Carniepunk: Parlor Tricks description from Amazon:

    Come one! Come all! Witness Gin Blanco—aka the Elemental Assassin, aka the Spider—go toe to toe against the Esmerelda the Amazing’s Wheel of Death and some dangerously creepy clowns! Only at The Carnival of Wondrous Wonders!

    A free story from the forthcoming Carniepunk urban fantasy anthology starring bestselling authors Rachel Caine, Jennifer Estep, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, and Rob Thurman, and also includes Delilah S. Dawson, Kelly Gay, Mark Henry, Hillary Jacques, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Meding, Allison Pang, Nicole D. Peeler, and Jaye Wells. Samples of all fourteen tales are included to tantalize and to tease. Come to the Carniepunk midway and explore the creepy, mysterious, magical world of traveling carnivals today!

    As I’ve said before, in Parlor Tricks, Gin and Bria go to a country carnival in search of a missing girl and find some unexpected sights and danger along the way. My story is about 9,000 words long, and you can read an excerpt here.

    Currently, I only see the e-story up at Amazon, but it will be available at all of the usual e-booksellers. So if the story is not up at your e-bookseller, then it should be available soon.

    Hope everyone enjoys the latest Gin short story and the anthology when it is published. Happy reading!

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    Updated cover and excerpt for Spartan Frost …

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    Spartan FrostJust a quick note to let everyone know that the cover for the Spartan Frost e-novella in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series has been updated.

    Basically, the word “novel” on the old cover as been changed to “novella” on this one, since the e-story is a novella and not a full-length book.

    This e-novella is around 14,000 words and takes place after the events of Crimson Frost. It is told from Logan Quinn’s point of view. Even though Gwen is on the cover, this is a Logan story — not a Gwen story.

    The e-novella is available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes. It should be up for pre-order soon at other online booksellers. Spartan Frost, Mythos Academy #4.5, will be released on June 25.

    Once again, here is the book description, although please note that this does contain some spoilers for Crimson Frost:

    I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was—until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.

    Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me anymore, but I can’t risk it. I can’t risk hurting Gwen again. So I’m leaving Mythos and going somewhere far, far away.

    I know Gwen wonders what’s happening to me, whether I’m safe.  I can’t tell her, but this is my story …

    You can read a brief excerpt of the Spartan Frost e-novella here, but again, please be mindful of spoilers.

    Hope everyone enjoys the e-novella when it is published.

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    Deadly Sting released …

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    Deadly StingToday is release day for Deadly Sting, the eighth book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

    As always, I’m excited that the book is finally out there for folks to read and hopefully enjoy.

    WHERE TO GET THE BOOK

    Deadly Sting is available at all of the usual online and brick & mortar booksellers. The book is available in print, e-book, and audio formats. You can find some of the many stores that sell my books in the Buy My Books box on the right side of the blog.

    Here are some of the online places where you can get the various formats of the book:

    Amazon

    Barnes & Noble

    Books-A-Million

    iTunes

    Kobo

    Audible (audio books)

    A NOTE ABOUT THE PRINT BOOKS

    If you go to your local bookstore, and they don’t have any print copies of Deadly Sting, you can always ask the store to order it for you. Plus, if they order it for you, you don’t have to keep going back to the store looking for it, or go from store to store searching for the book.

    I mention this because not every bookstore carries my books (and no, I have no way of knowing and no control over who carries my books and who doesn’t). However, most stores will be happy to order the books for you.

    Of course, you can always order the print books online too, through some of the sites that I have listed above.

    GROCERY STORES AND OTHER PLACES

    According to what I’ve been told, Deadly Sting will also be available in a variety of grocery stores, as well as airport shops. So if you’re out getting some groceries, you may want to swing by the book aisle and see if your local store has the book.

    However, please note that Walmart and Target will not be carrying copies of the book, so you won’t be able to buy the book at those stores.

    MORE INFO ABOUT THE BOOK

    Here is the book description for Deadly Sting. This does have some spoilers for previous books in the series, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, you may want to skip reading the description:

    Red is definitely my color. Good thing, because in my line of work, I end up wearing it a lot.

    Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me — Gin Blanco, aka the Spider — it’s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to get a night off, especially when I’m attending the biggest gala event of the summer at Briartop, Ashland’s fanciest art museum. But it’s just not meant to be. For this exhibition of my late nemesis’ priceless possessions is not only the place to be seen, but the place to be robbed and taken hostage at gunpoint as well. No sooner did I get my champagne than a bunch of the unluckiest thieves ever burst into the museum and started looting the place.

    Unlucky why? Because I brought along a couple of knives in addition to my killer dress. Add these to my Ice and Stone magic, and nothing makes me happier than showing the bad guys why red really is my color.

    You can read the first chapter of the book here, although please note that this chapter has spoilers for Widow’s Web, so if you haven’t read that far in the series yet, you may want to avoid reading the chapter.

    AND THAT’S A WRAP

    Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoys Gin’s latest adventure. Happy reading!

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    Spartan Frost cover revealed …

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    Spartan FrostI’m happy to share the cover for Spartan Frost, an e-story in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series.

    Please note that even though Gwen is on the cover, the story is actually from Logan’s point of view — not Gwen’s. In fact, the whole story is from Logan’s point of view. I can’t really say any more without getting into spoilers, but I wanted to make it clear that this is a Logan story.

    Here’s the description. Again, this does have spoilers for earlier books in the series, especially Crimson Frost, so if you haven’t read that far, you may want to skip reading the description:

    I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was — until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.

    Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me anymore, but I can’t risk it. I can’t risk hurting Gwen again. So I’m leaving Mythos and going somewhere far, far away.

    I know Gwen wonders what’s happening to me, whether I’m safe.  I can’t tell her, but this is my story …

    Basically, Spartan Frost tells what happened to Logan after the events of Crimson Frost and leads up to the events of Midnight Frost (book five, which is due out in July 30). I got several e-mails asking what happened to Logan, so hopefully, the e-story will fill in some of the gaps, as well as giving folks a better understanding of Logan.
     
    Spartan Frost is about 14,000 words, and it will be priced at $1.99. It will be released on June 25 as an e-book only. Spartan Frost is up for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It will be available in all the usual e-book formats, and if it’s not up for pre-order yet with your favorite e-bookseller, then it should be going up soon.

    Hope everyone enjoys the look at the cover.

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    More details on Spartan Frost e-story …

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    Okay, so I promised to share some more details on Spartan Frost, the e-story that I’m writing from Logan freaking Quinn’s point of view.

    First up, here’s the description, although please note that this does contain some spoilers for Crimson Frost. So If you haven’t read that far in the series yet, you may want to skip reading the description:

    I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was — until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.

    Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me anymore, but I can’t risk it. I can’t risk hurting Gwen again. So I’m leaving Mythos and going somewhere far, far away.

    I know Gwen wonders what’s happening to me, whether I’m safe.  I can’t tell her, but this is my story …

    Basically, Spartan Frost tells what happened to Logan after the events of Crimson Frost and leads up to the events of Midnight Frost (book five, which is due out in July 30). I got several e-mails asking what happened to Logan, so hopefully, the e-story will fill in some of the gaps, as well as giving folks a better understanding of Logan, since it is told entirely from his point of view.

    Spartan Frost is about 14,000 words long. It will be an e-book only and is set to be released on June 25. I believe the price will be $1.99. Spartan Frost is not up for pre-order online yet, but when it goes up, I will let everyone know. I also should be getting the cover art to share soon.

    Anyway, more to come soon, and I hope that everyone enjoys the e-story when it is released.